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 you oppose them when it appears to you that I wander from the direction given to men by the Almighty.

It is with full confidence that I undertake this great work. The best theologian is he who makes the most general application of the fundamental principle of divine morality. The best theologian is the true pope. He is the vicar of God upon earth. If the consequences which I am about to present are just, if the doctrine which I am now about to unfold is good, it is in the name of God that I shall have spoken.

I enter upon the subject. I will commence by examining the different religions which now exist. I shall compare their doctrines with that which deduces itself directly from the fundamental principal of divine morality.

RELIGIONS.

The New Christianity will be composed of parties nearly resembling those which at present compose the diverse heretical associations which exist in Europe and in America.

The New Christianity, as well as the heretical associations, will have its morals, its worship, and its dogma; it will have its clergy, and its clergy will have their chiefs. But, notwithstanding this similitude of organization, New Christianity will be purged of all existing heresies. The doctrine of morality will be considered by the New Christians as the most important. Worship and dogma will only be regarded by them as accessories, having for their principal object to—fix upon morality the attention of the faithful of all classes.

In the New Christianity, all morality will be deduced directly from this principle—"Men ought to treat each other as brothers." And this principle, which belongs to primitive Christianity, will experience a transfiguration; after which, it will be presented as constituting the great end of all religious labour.

This regenerated principle will be presented in the